Index · A–Z
The heads that turned history
An alphabetical register of famous hair and the moments it defined.
- A
Audrey Hepburn
The gamine pixie of Roman Holiday, 1953.
- B
Bettie Page
Jet-black blunt bangs that outlived the pin-up era.
- C
Cleopatra VII
Melon-braided and wigged, depending on the coin.
- D
David Bowie
The Ziggy Stardust mullet, Red Hot Red dye, 1972.
- F
Frida Kahlo
Braids wound with ribbon and flowers into a crown.
- J
Josephine Baker
The lacquered Eton crop and kiss curl, Paris 1925.
- L
Louise Brooks
The black helmet bob that defined the flapper.
- M
Madam C. J. Walker
Built a hair-care empire; America's first self-made woman millionaire.
Marie Antoinette
The pouf, and the legend of turning white overnight.
- T
Twiggy
The Leonard of Mayfair crop, 1966.
- V
Veronica Lake
The peekaboo wave the war department asked her to pin up.
Vidal Sassoon
Turned the haircut into architecture.
Go deeper
The History of the Mohawk
Its name comes from a 1939 Hollywood film. The haircut itself was being held up with imported hair gel more than two thousand years ago.
The History of the Beehive Hairstyle
A hairdresser was asked to design the look of a new decade. She took inspiration from a hat.
The History of the Mullet
Business in the front, party in the back is a 1990s joke. The haircut itself is roughly three thousand years older.
The History of the Pompadour
The most famous name in hair history belongs to a woman whose own hair went the other way.